12-year-old shot in the head
2004-08-05 12:12
Gaza City - A 12-year-old Palestinian girl died of her injuries on Thursday after being shot by Israeli soldiers during an operation in the troubled southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah, medical sources said.
Iman Barhum had been shot in the head on Tuesday by Israeli soldiers during the operation, which was designed to find tunnels used to smuggle weapons into Gaza beneath the border with neighbouring Egypt.
Israeli forces have been mounting regular incursions into Rafah over the past few months but residents said the latest operation appeared to be over after tanks were seen leaving the town.
The youngster's death brought the overall toll since the September 2000 start of the Palestinian intifada, or uprising, to 4 219 people, including 3 222 Palestinians and 926 Israelis..
- AFP